Chapter 7 Network Setting

Click Network Setting > WAN to open this screen as shown next.

Figure 43 WAN Screen

This screen contains the following fields:

Table 26 WAN

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Operation Mode

Select the WiMAX Device’s operational mode.

 

• Bridge - This puts the WiMAX Device in bridge mode, acting as a transparent

 

middle man between devices on the LAN and the devices on the WAN.

 

• Router - Select Router from the drop-down list box if your ISP gives you one

 

IP address only and you want multiple computers to share an Internet

 

account.

 

• NAT - This allows the WiMAX Device to tag frames for NAT, allowing devices

 

on the LAN to use their own internal IP addresses while communicating with

 

devices on the WAN.

 

 

WAN Protocol

Select the protocol the WiMAX Device uses to connect to the WAN.

 

The options are:

 

• Ethernet - Select this if you have a persistent connection to the network.

 

• PPPoE - Select this if must log into the network before initiating a persistent

 

connection.

 

• GRE Tunnel - Select this if you connect to the network using Point-to-Point

 

Protocol to create VPNs.

 

• EtherIP Tunnel - Select this if you need to tunnel Ethernet and IEEE 802.3

 

MAC frames across an IP Internet.

 

 

Bridging LAN ARP

This option enables or disables allow ARP requests to cross the WiMAX Device.

 

 

Get IP Method

Select how the WiMAX Device receives its IP address.

 

• User - Select this to manually enter the IP address the WiMAX Device uses.

 

• From ISP - Select to automatically get the IP address the WiMAX Device

 

uses from the ISP.

 

 

 

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WiMAX Device Configuration User’s Guide